Nosocomial infections among neonates in high-risk nurseries in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-361

  Gaynes, Robert P ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a   Culver, David H ^a   Tolson, James S ^a   Martone, William J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

high risk nursery; neonates; nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSERY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029793818     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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